mizqtpye
12-26-2010, 03:33 PM
Olá! e boas festas .
In advance I'd really like to apologize for this long post ;-) but I am hoping someone can provide information regarding the Legal Education Certificate [LEC]. I am a US citizen that will soon be marrying my Trini sweetheart of five years. While he is willing to live wherever I want, I think it would be harsh of me to ask him to leave his vibrant business in T&T to come to the States with the unemployment rate as high as it is. So at least for now, I will live in Trinidad with him. With that being said, I am a fairly new US licensed attorney and would like to do the same work in Trinidad. I have tried to do an internet search on what I need to do to practice law there, but the info out there is a little confusing.
What I really need to know is this: Am I correct in assuming that the only way for me to practice law in Trinidad is to receive an L.E.C. Is Hugh Wooding the only school to get the L.E.C. in Trinidad. If so, how big is the 6-month program ([I]i.e., do they except a lot of students for that program)? Are there even many applicants to that program. It would be really great if I could receive some insight from someone out there who went through the steps of transferring their practice from the States to Trinidad. How were you received by employers and clients as a US attorney? Were the basic concepts you had to learn in the L.E.C. program extremely different from US law?
Thank you all in advance for any insights or answers you can provide. It is all very much appreciated.
P.S. I have been asked by several Trini's, usually following some negative comment about Trinidad, "why would you want to move there/here [depending on where I was speaking to them]." I have been to Trinidad several times and I absolutely love it there. In my opinion, Trinidad like every other country, including the US, has its social/economic/political dilemmas. Not only am I well aware of and fully accept them, I also in my own little way hope to contribute to a solution as a resident of the country when that time comes. Furthermore, I am fully aware that my salary may not be as high as what I could earn if I remained in the US. While I am an attorney, I am not at all hung up on money, my sole mission in becoming an attorney was to help those who are traditionally left out of the legal system (i.e., those who can't afford attorney's, minorities, children, elders, immigrants, etc.). And of course, love is much more important than money, and as long as my love is in Trinidad, there I shall be as well. Sorry for the rant...just wanted to put that all out there before it was even asked.
In advance I'd really like to apologize for this long post ;-) but I am hoping someone can provide information regarding the Legal Education Certificate [LEC]. I am a US citizen that will soon be marrying my Trini sweetheart of five years. While he is willing to live wherever I want, I think it would be harsh of me to ask him to leave his vibrant business in T&T to come to the States with the unemployment rate as high as it is. So at least for now, I will live in Trinidad with him. With that being said, I am a fairly new US licensed attorney and would like to do the same work in Trinidad. I have tried to do an internet search on what I need to do to practice law there, but the info out there is a little confusing.
What I really need to know is this: Am I correct in assuming that the only way for me to practice law in Trinidad is to receive an L.E.C. Is Hugh Wooding the only school to get the L.E.C. in Trinidad. If so, how big is the 6-month program ([I]i.e., do they except a lot of students for that program)? Are there even many applicants to that program. It would be really great if I could receive some insight from someone out there who went through the steps of transferring their practice from the States to Trinidad. How were you received by employers and clients as a US attorney? Were the basic concepts you had to learn in the L.E.C. program extremely different from US law?
Thank you all in advance for any insights or answers you can provide. It is all very much appreciated.
P.S. I have been asked by several Trini's, usually following some negative comment about Trinidad, "why would you want to move there/here [depending on where I was speaking to them]." I have been to Trinidad several times and I absolutely love it there. In my opinion, Trinidad like every other country, including the US, has its social/economic/political dilemmas. Not only am I well aware of and fully accept them, I also in my own little way hope to contribute to a solution as a resident of the country when that time comes. Furthermore, I am fully aware that my salary may not be as high as what I could earn if I remained in the US. While I am an attorney, I am not at all hung up on money, my sole mission in becoming an attorney was to help those who are traditionally left out of the legal system (i.e., those who can't afford attorney's, minorities, children, elders, immigrants, etc.). And of course, love is much more important than money, and as long as my love is in Trinidad, there I shall be as well. Sorry for the rant...just wanted to put that all out there before it was even asked.